Re: [RML] help with diagnose sick praecox

Wright Huntley (huntley1 at home.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:44:33 -0800

"H. Hoekstra" wrote:
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> Thanks, Wright! Do you by chance know anything of the symptoms which
> Gyrodactylus should cause, which I read are 'spiderweb lesions in the skin
> and reddened fins' another article talks about ' gray-white patches on the
> skin and bloody spots'. Nothing of that, a bit strange I think.

You are getting me way beyond my areas of "expertise" here, Hugo. I can read
Untergasser, but have no experience with these beasties.

He says fin clamping and general listlessness, as I recall. They often are
opportunistic and appear as a result of other illness. Maybe that's what the
others are talking about.

>
> I'm currently using a 'miracle cure' (eSHa2000) which also is against
> Gyrodactylus and gill flukes. Strangely enough only the praecox are infected,
> all other fish seem fine, even the guppies. Just took another very close look
> and it's on their eyes too, maybe this is important for the diagnosis?

They are supposed to be species-specific pathogens, so that isn't a big
surprise. Fortunately, I've never seen them on my *praecox*, so you have
exhausted my fund of info (and inexperience).

Good luck,

Wright

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